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Cleveland Guardians @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-07-16 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 43519 · 89°F, night · Wind 5 mph L to R · 2:56

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cleveland Indians 11–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 4th. Francisco Cordova earned the win. Ed Sprague went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	12
PIT	1	0	4	5	0	1	0	0		11	13

W: Francisco Cordova L: Dave Burba SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Bob Davidson · 2B: Ed Montague · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Omar Vizquel	4	0	2	0	0	1
Roberto Alomar	2	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Ramirez	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jim Thome	4	1	1	0	0	1
David Justice	2	1	2	0	2	0
Enrique Wilson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Einar Diaz	4	0	2	2	0	0
Dave Burba	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dwight Gooden	0	0	0	0	1	0
John McDonald	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Cruz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Sexson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Borders	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	2	1	1	0	0	0
Adrian Brown	4	2	2	0	0	0
Brian Giles	3	3	1	3	1	0
Kevin Young	3	2	2	2	1	0
Ed Sprague	4	2	3	3	0	0
Warren Morris	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Benjamin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Keith Osik	4	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Cordova	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Wehner	3	1	1	0	0	1
Brant Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Burba	3.1	9	3	1
Dwight Gooden	1.2	1	0	1
Paul Assenmacher	1.0	2	0	0
Steve Reed	1.0	1	0	0
Paul Shuey	1.0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	5.2	8	3	4
Greg Hansell	1.1	1	0	1
Marc Wilkins	1.0	2	1	1
Brad Clontz	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: 63/G6S
Omar Vizquel: E6/G6
Roberto Alomar: SB2
Roberto Alomar: 63/G6
Manny Ramirez: 3/P3

Bot 1

Al Martin: 8/L8RM
Adrian Brown: 31/G3
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: W.1-2
Ed Sprague: S7/L78S.2-H;1-2
Warren Morris: S7/L7S.2XH(72);1-2

Top 2

Jim Thome: 43/G34
David Justice: W
Enrique Wilson: S8/L78M.1-2
Einar Diaz: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

Bot 2

Mike Benjamin: 63/G6
Keith Osik: K
Francisco Cordova: 1/L13

Top 3

Dave Burba: W
Kenny Lofton: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Omar Vizquel: T9/G3
Roberto Alomar: 8/F78M

Bot 3

Al Martin: S7/G56D
Adrian Brown: S8/G6M.1-2
Brian Giles: HR/F89XD.2-H;1-H
Kevin Young: 43/G4
Ed Sprague: S8/G6M
Warren Morris: W.1-2
Mike Benjamin: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Keith Osik: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: S7/L78S
Jim Thome: 13/G15.1-2
David Justice: S7/F7M.2-3
Enrique Wilson: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Bot 4

Francisco Cordova: 53/G5S
John Wehner: S7/L7S
Adrian Brown: HP.1-2
Brian Giles: E4/TH/G4.2-H(NR);1-H(NR)
Kevin Young: S7/G6.1-H(UR)
Ed Sprague: HR/F7D.1-H
Warren Morris: 8/F8LM
Mike Benjamin: 143/G13

Top 5

Einar Diaz: 7/F78M
Dwight Gooden: W
Kenny Lofton: K
Omar Vizquel: K

Bot 5

Keith Osik: 43/G4
Francisco Cordova: 8/F8LXD
John Wehner: K

Top 6

John McDonald: K
Manny Ramirez: K
Jim Thome: S9/L9M
David Justice: S8/G6M.1-3
Enrique Wilson: S8/L15.3-H;1-2
Einar Diaz: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Alex Ramirez: K

Bot 6

Adrian Brown: S7/G56
Brian Giles: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Kevin Young: HR/F7D
Ed Sprague: 53/G5

Top 7

Jacob Cruz: 63/G6MD
Omar Vizquel: S8/L8RM
John McDonald: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Warren Morris: 43/G4MD
Mike Benjamin: S8/G6
Keith Osik: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Manny Ramirez: S7/G56
Jim Thome: K
David Justice: W.1-2
Enrique Wilson: 6/P56D
Einar Diaz: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Richie Sexson: 2/P23

Bot 8

Brant Brown: K
John Wehner: 63/G6
Adrian Brown: 63/G6S

Top 9

Jacob Cruz: 8/F89XD
Pat Borders: 43/G4
John McDonald: S8/P8LS
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9D